Maurice Roucel
October 19th, 2008 — , Gucci Envy, Maurice Roucel from Abigail @ I Smell Therefore I Am
Gucci Envy is my Chanel No. 19.
Envy is brilliant. Envy is all about greenness, but not a specific or natural green, instead it’s an abstract greenness. Envy could be described as a soft, modern, fresh, green fragrance but that might cause you to think it’s boring. Envy isn’t boring. However it is distinctly fresh and modern. Envy is at first boldly green but it soon tempers itself and
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July 13th, 2008 — , Lolita Lempicka, Maurice Roucel, Poetic homage to parfumer, perfume com arte, perfume e literatura, perfume e mitologia, perfume e poesia from Cris Rosa Negra @ Perfume da Rosa Negra

“I am your Mermaid, your Syren
My song is in the air
as sweet as my parfum
always luring you
you, my parfumer”
(by Cris Rosa Negra, Fragrance Writer from Brazil)
“Maurice, thanks for creating my L de Lolita Lempicka“
Paiting: The Fisherman and the Syren, by Lord Frederick Leighton. Fonte: Art Renewal Center
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July 3rd, 2008 — , Bandit, Body Kouros, Etienne Aigner, K de Krizia, Le Feu D'Issey, Magie Noire, Mariah, Maurice Roucel, Montana, yohji from Abigail @ I Smell Therefore I Am
I can spend hours in the Korean-owned fragrance store here in town, going without food, water, sleep, or even contact with the outside world. The place has been a total education for me. Within a short three months I’ve been able to smell dozens of p…
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June 25th, 2008 — , Frederic Malle Editions de Parfums, Maurice Roucel from Gaia, The non-blonde @ The Non-Blonde
An American Blogger in Paris, Part 1: Stumbling Upon a ScoopImagine this: An eager blogger and her long suffering husband are vacationing in Paris. Naturally, they visit every perfume boutique and most beauty stores on both sides of the Seine River (se…
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June 19th, 2008 — , Alistair Crowley, Bernard Chant, Chanel No. 19, Devin, Estee Lauder Alliage, Galbanum, Gucci Envy, Ivoire de Balmain, Maurice Roucel, Vent Vert, germaine cellier, ma griffe, pheromone from Abigail @ I Smell Therefore I Am
With its penetrating, pine-like top note and slightly bitter, woody base, galbanum makes green pop, as if one of the green chypres had slapped you hard in the face with a chunk of bundled stems. Galbanum is a gum resin derived from certain Persian plan…
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November 11th, 2007 — Interviews, Maurice Roucel from Ayala Sender @ SmellyBlog
Visit Symrise’s website to read this interesting interview with the nose behind Tocade and L.
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August 18th, 2007 — Francis Kurkdjian, Jean-Michel Duriez, Marian Bendeth, Maurice Roucel, Perfume in the Press, christophe laudamiel from Colombina (Marina) @ Perfume-Smellin' Things Perfume Blog
Marian Bendeth interviewed perfumers Francis Kurkdjian, Christophe Laudamiel, Jean Michel Duriez and Maurice Roucel asking each to pick a famous persona and describe a perfume they would create to suit that persona. Francis Kurkdjian chose Maria Callas, Christophe Laudamiel - Marlene Dietrich, Jean-Michel Duriez - Marie Antoinette, and Maurice Roucel - Julius Caesar and Jesus Christ. I was
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